Regardless of Zhang Zixin or not, Liu Xin really came this time. Liu Xin came well prepared. He brought two hundred flying tiger guards and three hundred elite soldiers selected from the Fourth Army into Lingling City under the protection of Dianwei and Gan Ning. Liu Xin had Zhang Zi's invitation letter in his hand, and the soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to stop them. Apart from Pegasus reporting to Zhang Zi, they could only watch Liu Xin and his group head to the Prefectural Palace.
Hearing that Liu Xin had entered Lingling City, Zhang Zi got up from his gangster, his mind turned quickly. Do you really want him to give up Lingling? It's better to let him die!
Zhang Zi soon had a bold idea. It took the Jingzhou Army only one and a half hours to capture Jiangxia City. Zhang Zi knew how powerful this army was. He was absolutely invincible with the strength of Lingling alone. But what if Liu Xin died? So will the Jingzhou Army still be so powerful? When the time comes, the dragons will have no leader, and they will only be scattered.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zi immediately called his confidante Zhang An, attached to his ear and told me carefully.
Liu Xin led the troops to the Prefect's Mansion. He didn't have the slightest fear, because he had already made careful arrangements. Zhao Yun led three thousand elites, and was already in ambush outside the east gate at this moment. In the city, there are more than one thousand elite soldiers in disguise, distributed in the four gates and the vicinity of the prefectural palace.
Certainly it is impossible for all the five hundred people he brought to enter the Taishou Mansion, but it should be no problem to bring in twenty or thirty guards. Adding Dian Wei and Gan Ning, Zhang Zi would even ambush a thousand in the mansion. People, Liu Xin has enough confidence to support the reinforcements outside the prefect's mansion to come in.
Zhang Zi had long been waiting in front of the gate of the Taishou Mansion with a group of officials from Lingling County. Seeing Liu Xin and his party, he hurriedly greeted him, paid a respectful ceremony, and said, "It is a blessing for the people of Lingling to be able to come to Lingling personally for Master Liu, and the people of the county, Zhang Zi, thank you, adults!"
Liu Xin got off his horse and stepped forward two steps, holding Zhang Zi's hand, and said, "Why did Zhang Taishou say this? You are still Lingling prefect, you can't be a commoner."
Zhang Zi said in a humble face: "The day that Master Liu came to Lingling was when Zhang Mou left his post. From then on, Zhang has been just an ordinary citizen. However, today I also ask Master Liu to allow Zhang to be in this prefectural mansion. , Put a banquet for the last time, to catch the wind and dust for Mrs. Liu."
A faint smile flashed in Liu Xin's eyes.
A few days ago, as soon as Pang Ji came to Wuling, he was dragged to the banquet. He was to get Pang Ji drunk and gave him a "great gift", which made him succumb to himself since then. Today, as soon as he came to Lingling, Zhang Zi couldn't wait to catch the wind for himself. What did he do
Liu Xin looked back with excitement, and said to Dianwei, Gan Ning and the soldiers behind them: "Go, follow me to the banquet of Zhang Taishou."
Zhang Zi hurriedly stopped with both hands, and said, "Liu Master, wait a minute. The hall of the Prefect's Mansion can't accommodate these many people. I have also prepared wine and meat to reward you and the soldiers."
Liu Xin stopped, staring at Zhang Zi and said in a deep voice, "Oh, isn't it possible that Zhang Taishou only allowed me to enter the Taishou Mansion?"
Seeing Liu Xin's face changed, Zhang Zi hurriedly said, "Master Liu is misunderstood. Cao Min has no such courage. The lobby of Wei Shi's mansion is too narrow, and the guards of the adults go in together. It is indeed impossible to arrange. If you only bring a few entourages, Naturally there will be no problem."
Liu Xin's face turned cloudy, and said, "So, evil and sweet, you bring a few people and follow me in."
Zhang Zi's back was chilly, and Liu Xin's face just changed when he said it changed, and he was really scared. Fortunately, he was fooled by a few words, otherwise he would fall short. When he recovered, Liu Xin had already raised his foot and entered the gate of the Prefect. Zhang Zi hurriedly took a few steps and led Liu Xin and others into the hall.
The people were divided into guest and host. Dian Wei and Gan Ning stood behind Liu Xin with their weapons in their hands. Zhang Zi sneered secretly, what can you do with just such a few people. Zhang Zi ambushed five hundred swordsmen and axemen around the hall, and when he heard the signal, he would rush out and chop Liu Xin and the people he had brought into mash.
Zhang Zi patted his hands gently, and a team of maids filed in and came to the hall to help Liu Xin and the officials fill up the wine. This hall is not like Liu Xin's prefecture in Xiangyang, where the guests and hosts sit cross-legged behind a few short legs. Among the hosts, Zhang Zi has the highest status, and his several cases are naturally closest to Liu Xin. He picked up the wine glass, stood up, and said to the officials: "Everyone, Master Liu was able to come to Lingling in person, which shows how much he values us Lingling. To express his gratitude, Zhang asked you to accompany me to respect Liu. Your lord has a glass of water and wine, and I invite you all to drink this glass."
Sure enough, all the officials got up and said to Liu Xin: "I'll wait to respect the adults." After speaking, everyone drank the wine in the glass.
Liu Xin also picked up the glass of wine and stood up. He hesitated, whether to drink this glass of wine or not
Zhang Zi stared at Liu Xin, and said, "Liu, please drink this cup."
Liu Xin shook his head and said nothing. After only a moment's effort, he figured it out clearly. He would never drink this glass of wine anyway. Who knows if Zhang Zi was poisoned by the wine
He doesn't need to go around here with Zhang Zi. Liu Xin was certain that Zhang Zi arranged the banquet as soon as he saw him. The outside of the hall must have been full of ambushes. It's still early in the evening, if Zhang Zi really hands over power, he can wait for the handover of various affairs to be completed, and everyone can have a drink easily. Why do you put on such a rushing look.
Everyone in the hall stared at the wine glass in Liu Xin's hand, and the scene was suddenly silent. Liu Xin laughed suddenly, he lifted the wine glass in his hand high, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Many books will record such a sentence, called "wrestling a cup as a number", Liu Xin also wanted to have a cup as a number. Liu Xin also remembered that there were scenes in many TV dramas he had watched. The protagonist threw a wine glass full of poisonous wine on the ground. The wine poured out, and a lot of foam appeared on the ground, and the bricks on the ground instantly became black. .
The wine glass fell to the ground and the wine spilled out, but there was no frothing, and the color of the ground did not change in the slightest. On the contrary, the doors and windows around the hall suddenly fell apart, and Zhang An swarmed in with a large group of swordsmen.
All this happened between the electric light and flint. The officials at the scene had not yet realized what had happened. Gan Ning's knife had been placed on Zhang Zi's neck.
Zhang Zi was also dumbfounded. Yes, he had agreed to throw the cup as the name, but who would have thought that Liu Xin would fall the cup first, and how could Zhang An, who was ambushing outside the hall, know who fell the cup.
Liu Xin waved to Gan Ning and said, "How can you be so unreasonable to Zhang Taishou?"
As soon as Gan Ning took the big knife, Zhang Zi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He just wanted to take a step back. Before he could take his foot, he felt a piercing pain in the curve of his leg. His knees softened and he knelt on the ground. It turned out that Gan Ning had taken the knife, but only moved the knife from his neck to under his leg, and slammed it down on the change of his leg with the back of the knife. With such forceful force, Zhang Zi almost fainted.
All the officials looked at Liu Xin, who knew that Liu Xin didn't mean to blame Gan Ning at all. Instead, he walked up to Zhang Zi with a smile and said, "Premier Zhang, you just said that this hall is too narrow to accommodate a lot. People. However, I think there are a lot of people coming in now compared to the people I brought."
It turns out that the sentence Liu Xin said just now is an irony, where did he tell Gan Ning to stop, but to let him start! Zhang Zi's legs had been broken by Gan Ning just now, and his forehead was so painful that there was cold sweat on his forehead, and there was no way to speak.
Seeing this scene, the swordsmen who rushed in all looked at each other. Zhang An was also in a dilemma. Zhang Zi was now controlled by them and threw a rat trap. He didn't enter or retreat. Dian Wei waved the big iron halberd in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Put down the sword in his hand, or else kill him!"
Zhang An gritted his teeth and said, "You let Master Zhang go first!"
Where Dian Wei was willing to talk nonsense with him, he took a step, and the big iron halberd hit Zhang An immediately. Zhang An didn't know what was good or bad, and with a single stroke of a long knife in his hand, he wanted to greet him. Hearing the loud noise of "Dang Cang", Zhang An let out a scream, both arms were shattered, and the long knife broke in two. The big iron halberd cast its momentum unabated, and it hit Zhang An's head at once, splitting him in half from head to toe.
Many of the officials in the hall are just civilians. Have you ever seen such a horrible scene? A few people have vomited up with a few cases.
Dian Wei danced the bloody iron halberd, turned his head to look at the group of swordsmen and axe hands. Wherever his eyes went, there was a sound of "ding and ding", and the spear and knives were thrown on the ground, facing this. Killing the gods, no one can afford to resist.
At this time, there was a scream of killing outside. The five hundred soldiers Liu Xin had brought killed the guards in Zhang Zi's mansion and rushed into the hall in a moment.
Seeing that the situation here was completely under control, Liu Xin turned to the panic-stricken Lingling officials who were still in the hall and said: "Zhang Zi pretended to invite me to Lingling, and he dared to set up an ambush here, in an attempt to inflict harm. My sir, sins are not forgiven! As for you, whether you are involved in this matter or not, I will open up a side to you, and I hope you can do it for yourself."
The frightened officials breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Zi would die. They didn't want to be the backer. Whether you work under Zhang Zi or Liu Xin, you are just errands, so why do you have to take your own life? Anyone who was able to get a full-time official and a half-time job would not understand this truth, so everyone knelt to the ground and said in unison: "I will follow the lord's orders!"
With the surrender of some officials, Lingling calmed down without any turmoil. After all, the managers of Lingling City were more familiar with the situation here than outsiders, and they were naturally handy in handling them. The soldiers of the Jingzhou Army who were in and out of the city in ambush did not come in handy at all.
The situation in the counties of Jingnan became more and more stable. Liu Xin retained Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. The size of the local army was reduced. However, in each county, there were still some bandits and bandits that needed to be eliminated. In the future, Liu Xin will also let other troops call back and defend between Jingnan and Jingbei.
When Liu Xin returned to Xiangyang, it was already mid-March, with pink and willow greens, and the fragrance of birds and flowers. He was a little impatient after he had been away from home for a month and a half. It’s said that little don’t win the newlyweds, shouldn’t we relax tonight? Liu Xin was dreaming, but when he had just stepped into the house, she greeted her with a sad face and said, "You finally came back. There is now one more person in the house."